Use manner in a sentence
Sentences ending with manner
- Order is not yet restored and not a single merchant is carrying on trade in a lawful manner. [2]
- He went to work, therefore, in the most systematic manner. [6]
- Carmen, who was with Margaret in the morning-room, received him with her most distinguished manner. [4]
- Gervais laughed softly with a hissing chuckle, and Speranski in a high-pitched staccato manner. [2]
- He was a willing, lively little waiter, with his moony face on the top of his head; and he jumped round in the rain like a parching pea, rolling his head about in the funniest manner. [4]
- The valley is wild and very pretty all the way down to Colonel Long's,--twelve miles,--but the wretched-looking people along the way live in a wretched manner. [4]
- The little tug, which was pretty well packed with the merry company, was swift, and danced along in an exhilarating manner. [4]
- He stopped whistling when he spied the storekeeper, and approached him in his usual hearty manner. [9]
- I don't know what she may have said to Mr. Meigs," this wily woman added, in the most natural manner. [4]
- The young spirits were excited to the highest pitch, but each expressed his feelings in quite a different manner. [10]
Short sentences using manner
- His manner was not severe. [9]
- Or the Washington manner? [4]
- His manner changed instantly. [11]
- His manner matched his garments. [9]
- Suddenly her manner, changed. [9]
- Suddenly David's manner changed. [11]
- His manner changes. [11]
Sentences containing manner two or more times
- The fact of the feathers in widely distinct groups having been modified in an analogous manner no doubt depends primarily on all the feathers having nearly the same structure and manner of development, and consequently tending to vary in the same manner. [1]
- It might be that the Opposition was crushed, and profitably for the country, too; but the manner of it--the manner of it! [5]
- Yet I have some confidence given me by the generous manner in which you have invited me, and by the still more generous manner in which you have received me, to speak further. [7]
- It is not simply a manner of speech obtaining among the educated handful; the manner obtaining among the vast uneducated multitude must be considered also. [5]
- I have something of the manner of each and all of them; but they all said that I had also a manner of my own, and that it was conspicuous. [5]
- At first he had endured all this with good nature, but latterly he had shown by his manner that it was distinctly distasteful to him, and very soon he saw a change in the manner of these young people toward him. [5]
- Meanwhile, weeks, months, and even a couple of years passed, Macavoy and Pierre coming and going, sometimes together, sometimes not, in all manner of words at war, in all manner of fact at peace. [11]
More example sentences with the word manner in them
- In each of your letters to us, you will state the number of certain votes both for and against us, as well as the number of doubtful votes, with your opinion of the manner in which they will be cast. [7]
- What manner of young woman was this who fell off horses? [9]
- While still a young man, he had a manner of folding his hands and smiling which is peculiar to capitalists, and he knew the laws concerning mortgages in several different states. [9]
- He was a young man of one-and-twenty or thereabouts; well made, and certainly handsome, though the expression of his face was far from prepossessing, having in common with his manner and even his dress, a dissipated, insolent air which repelled one. [12]
- If the American young man and young woman get it into their heads that repose, especially of manner, is the correct thing, they will go in for it in a way to astonish the world. [4]
- But I know you well," he exclaimed, his manner changing, "you are making this great sacrifice on my account. [9]
- But how did you say it?--I mean the manner of it. [5]
- I know that you bemoan the manner in which he has been brought up; but such late repentance must be avoided like poison. [10]
- Polite charity was written in her manner and consecrated every motion. [11]
- And Mr. Charles Wrexell Allen, treasurer of the widely known Miles Standish Bicycle Company, was said to have led the cotillon in a manner that left nothing to be desired. [9]
- Try as she would to keep it trim after the manner of her people, it still waved loosely on her forehead and over her ears. [11]
- To high moral worth and irreproachable habits were joined gentleness of manner, an ingenuous disposition, and vigor of understanding. [4]
- And everywhere were workshops, factories, and all manner of industries; and intent faces and busy hands were to be seen wherever one looked; and in one's ears was the ceaseless clink of hammers, the buzz of trade and the contented hum of drums and fly-wheels. [5]
- And apparently the workers can only improve their condition by strikes, by suffering--it seems to be the only manner in which they can convince the employers that the conditions are bad. [9]
- They fell to work on the port battery in so ludicrous a manner that I was fain to laugh despite the gravity of the situation. [9]
- Passionate as his words were, his manner was strangely quiet, but his white and glistening face and his burning eyes showed how deep was his anger. [11]
- M. Fille had wondered much that night of June at the listless manner and listless playing of Carmen Barbille. [11]
- Indeed, this adaptable woman soon found that she had become an object of more than usual interest, by her latest exploit, in the circles in which she moved, and her softened manner and edifying conversation showed that she appreciated her position. [4]
- He must have witnessed something very terrible, for his face was as pale as death, and his usually confident and swaggering manner had given place to a stricken and care-worn air. [10]
- And presently, not without feeling, but in a manner eliminating all account of his personal emotions, he was relating that climactic episode of the woman at the piano. [9]
- It was filled with worshippers, and when, in his resolute manner, he told the curator and the officiating priest that he wished to enter the cella, and asked for a ladder to feel the goddess, he was most positively refused. [10]
- Henceforth she read with understanding the changes in his manner, and saw behind the mingled abstraction and fanciful meditation of his talk. [11]
- With these, and with the world at large, her manner might best be described as difficult; and I was often amused at the way in which she contrived to keep them at arm's length and make them uncomfortable. [9]
- Young Mr. Colfax, with the excess of manner which was his at such times, excused himself and left abruptly. [9]
- Then he said, with the back of his hand to his mouth to hide a yawn: "The manner of her death will please the Mudir. [11]
- Gaston was kind with him, keeping, however, a firm hand till his manner had become informed by the new duties. [11]
- A middleaged soldier with a very serious manner arose hesitatingly, with encouraging noises from his comrades. [9]
- Lali was moving with a little touch of grandeur in her manner and a more than ordinary deliberation. [11]
- Then, as if with a great effort, and after the manner of one who has learned a part, he went on: "As the French ran away mad, paw of one on tail of other, they found him trying to drag himself along. [11]
- Whether these anticipations will ever be realized, and whether increased leisure will make us all happy, is a subject of importance; but it is secondary, and in a manner incidental, to another and deeper matter, which may be defined as the responsibility of attractiveness. [4]
- Of all those who, with every means at their disposal, have tried to conquer Lee, he is the only one who has in any manner succeeded. [9]
- It was Insall who, though remaining silent, just by being there seemed to have suggested her manner of dealing with Mrs. Brocklehurst. [9]
- The son; however, who was not of age, was more unworldly and sanctimonious than his father; he always addressed his parent as "Brother Plum," and bore himself, altogether in such a superior manner that Ruth longed to put bent pins in his chair. [5]
- The manner in which, after he permitted her to speak, she had disclosed in a low whisper her happy yet disquieting secret, hovered before him now as one of the most pathetic incidents in a life full of varied experiences. [10]
- Not her manner, which was as kind and sweet as ever. [9]
- The manner in which she intended to mention the colour should show him the nature of the bond which united them. [10]
- The manner in which she combines the highest mental culture with the nicest discharge of feminine duties filled me with admiration; while her affectionate kindness earned my gratitude. [14]
- The manner in which Mr. Erwin refuted it was a revelation to me. [9]
- The things for which her mother had striven she took for granted, and thought of them not at all, and she had by nature that simplicity and astonishing frankness of manner and speech which was once believed to be an exclusive privilege of duchesses. [9]
- The manner in which he said it suddenly turned me cold. [9]
- The manner in which he had looked at me then had puzzled me; it was as though he were seeking to divine something in me that had escaped him. [9]
- The manner in which he had attempted to rid himself of the rival seemed criminal enough, yet the nocturnal attack had scarcely concerned him personally, and he would not condemn the man who was usually so calm and sensible without having heard him. [10]
- The manner in which certain letters or sounds change when others change is very like correlated growth. [1]
- He had camped where it stood now, when nothing was there save the wild duck in the reeds, the antelopes upon the hills, and all manner of furred and feathered things; and it all was his. [11]
- Like a caldron where a witch mixes all manner of strange things for a philter, each barricade consisted of every sort of rubbish, together with objects originally useful. [10]
- Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you. [10]
- There came moments when I grew slightly alarmed, as, for instance, one Sunday in the early spring when I was dining at the Ezra Hutchins's house and surprised Mrs. Hutchins's glance on me, suspecting her of seeking to divine what manner of man I was. [9]
- Where, how, and when had this young countess, educated by an emigree French governess, imbibed from the Russian air she breathed that spirit and obtained that manner which the pas de chale * would, one would have supposed, long ago have effaced? [2]
- I don't see what there was in Mr. Dryfoos's manner to give you any anxiety. [8]
- Who ever inquires what manner of youths they were; and whether they slept with Jesus, played with him and romped about him; quarreled with him concerning toys and trifles; struck him in anger, not suspecting what he was? [5]
- How charming they were--in spirit, manner, language, pronunciation, enunciation, grammar, phrasing, matter, carriage, clothes--in every detail that goes to make the real lady and gentleman, and welcome guest. [5]
- What his words were you can imagine; his manner you can hardly realise, nor can I forget it. [14]
- Its ample nurseries were producing oranges, apricots, lemons, almonds, peaches, cherries, 48 varieties of apples--in fact, all manner of fruits, and in abundance. [5]
- Commands, threats, punishments, were out of the question with her; the mere physical effects of crossing her will betrayed themselves in such changes of expression and manner that it would have been senseless to attempt to govern her in any such way. [6]
- If now he were only going back with his fortune recovered, with brilliant prospects to spread before her, and could come into the house in his old playful manner, with the assumed deference of the master, and say: "Well, Edith dear, the storm is over. [4]
- Her white caps were now plaited with almost coquettish skill and care, and the firm, contented manner in which she ruled Trautchen and the two under maid-servants showed that everything was going on well in Peter's house and business. [10]
- Her manner, so well-controlled, though her features seemed to shrink all at once, if it did not deceive him, gave him the wish to say an affectionate thing. [11]
- She had been weeping, and her whole manner suggested very touching confidences. [11]
- The aid which we feel impelled to give to the helpless is mainly an incidental result of the instinct of sympathy, which was originally acquired as part of the social instincts, but subsequently rendered, in the manner previously indicated, more tender and more widely diffused. [1]
- In like manner we are led to participate in the pleasures of others. [1]
- This was the way in which it happened that she mingled her fears in such a strange manner with their doctrines. [6]
- Scipio's patrician blood was wont to rise in the presence of those whom he deemed outside the pale of good society, and I fear he ushered Mr. Fairbrother to the street with little of that superior manner he used to the first families. [9]
- The United States was too much accustomed to employing dollar-and-a-half thieves in all manner of official capacities to regard his explanation of the voucher as having any foundation in fact. [5]
- At Easter-time there was to be the great Passion Play, after the manner of that known as The Passion Play of Ober-Ammergau. [11]
- In this manner was the great tragedy and glory of the world made to the people a present thing, transforming them to the body of the Life that hath neither spot nor blemish nor . [11]
- What she thought was that in manner and disposition he was totally unlike Jack Delancy. [4]
- Although our author was somewhat far advanced, and Mr. Prescott had not yet collected his materials, Irving renounced the glorious theme in such a manner that Prescott never suspected the pain and loss it cost him, nor the full extent of his own obligation. [4]
- The town tax was so strictly enforced at that time at all the gates of Berlin that even hacks entering the city were stopped and searched for provisions of meat or bread--a search which was usually conducted in a cursory and courteous manner. [10]
- In his face was secrecy, knowledge, and some tragic underthing which gave him, apart from his office, a singular loneliness of figure and manner. [11]
- But no, she was quick to feel, and if there had been gossip she would have felt it in the manner of her neighbours. [11]
- And then she was never more winning; perhaps her beauty had taken on a more refined quality from her illness abroad; perhaps it was that indefinable knowledge of the world, which is recognized as well in dress as in manner, which increased her attractiveness. [4]
- Their mental machinery was just like his, also its manner of working. [5]
- The new building was in what may be called the florid shingle-Gothic manner. [6]
- Tears and prayers was had recourse to, but was of no manner of use. [5]
- Monsieur le Colonel was grave, but this was his usual manner. [9]
- If the age was coarse in speech or specially affected in manner, the books followed the lead given by the demand; but, coarse or affected, they had the quality of art demanded by the best existing cultivation. [4]
- Everything, he said, was arranged and formed wisely and in the best possible manner, but in one respect nature fared badly in the presence of adepts. [10]
- He, at least, was a good friend; but as I glanced at him, I saw his face was troubled and his manner distant. [11]
- But, anyhow, he was a Belward, that was certain: voice, face, manner showed it. [11]
- As they stood waiting in irresolution a grave man of middle age and a disinterested manner sauntered up to the travelers, and slipped into friendly relations with them. [4]
- Matronly dignity was visible in every movement, and the charm of her manner lay, not in a youthful endeavor to be pleasing, but in the effort of age to please others, considering their wishes, and at the same time demanding consideration in return. [10]
- According to this view, their present manner of nesting was acquired before their present colours. [1]
- The proprietor is very indifferent, and shrugs his shoulders in an amiable manner. [4]
- It is a very good article and the writer says all manner of kind and complimentary things about me--for which I am sure thank him with all my heart; but then why should he go and spoil all his praise by one unlucky experiment? [5]
- In the opening verses of this Gospel the Incarnation is explained, not by a virgin birth, but in a manner acceptable to the educated and spiritually-minded, in terms of the philosophy of the day. [9]
- He felt his veins beating with desire, with anger, disgust, and shame; for there was John Brown, to the applause of the crowd, imitating his old manner, his voice, his very look. [11]
- Beetles stridulate under various emotions, in the same manner as birds use their voices for many purposes besides singing to their mates. [1]
- Not only does variability appear to be induced in man and the lower animals by the same general causes, but in both the same parts of the body are affected in a closely analogous manner. [1]
- Roscoe's depression had vanished; but there was an amiable seriousness in his manner which, to me, portended that the faint roses in Ruth Devlin's cheeks would deepen before the day was done, unless something inopportune happened. [11]
- His manner was usually decisive, abrupt and self-reliant, but now he seemed to her like a clock that points to one hour while it strikes another. [10]
- Then she sometimes used very unkind words; but no one could cherish anger against her long, for she had an indescribably lovely manner of trying to atone for the offences which her hasty young blood made her commit. [10]
- As he led us into the Rotunda, my Lady Dolly, being in one of her whimsical humours, began to recite in the manner of the guide-book, to the vast diversion of our party and the honest citizens gaping at us. [9]
- His smoothly shaven upper lip and brown whiskers, his erect bearing and energetic manner, reminded one of an English parliamentary leader, but his words sounded almost menacing. [10]
- As they argued upon the questions of the day, the colonel did not seek to impress by words, or to fascinate by manner. [9]
- Mr. Cooke stood up, and drawing from his pocket a small and mysterious paper parcel he forthwith delivered himself in the tone and manner which had so endeared him to the familiars of the Lake House bar. [9]
- The animal walked up to the stranger in a very sociable fashion, and began making his acquaintance, after the usual manner of well-bred dogs; that is, with the courtesies and blandishments by which the canine Chesterfield is distinguished from the ill-conditioned cur. [6]
- And this brought up the subject of culture in America, especially as to manner. [4]
- Their minds catch up hints from all manner of works on all kinds of subjects. [6]
- To them swaggers up a young sport, like one of Thackeray's figures in the "Irish Sketch-Book"--short, in a white hat, poor face, impudent manner, poses before the swell fronts, and tosses off his glass. [4]
- He was himself unusually fair, and had withstood the climate in a wonderful manner. [1]
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